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Well I Went Out Today Looking For Trillo's But......


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Well I went out today looking for trillo's but had no luck. I brought home a chunk of fossil Matrix that I thought I could pick apart and maybe just maybe uncover one. Chances are, there is no chance. :Pblogentry-3008-0-87035300-1335152191.jpgblogentry-3008-0-92808700-1335152356.jpgblogentry-3008-0-76352400-1335153478.jpg

I did find a beautiful clean brachiopod nestled inside the matrixblogentry-3008-0-38316300-1335152515.jpgblogentry-3008-0-10503400-1335153512.jpg

I found chunk of matrix with a calsite crystal deposite in it but it was high on a hill that was precarious at best and if I lost my footing?.... well lets just say "it wouldn't be a good look". So I visually mapped my path and went for it. It was bigger then I thought but I was able to break off the bit I wanted. I saw more even higher but It wasn't worth the risk.blogentry-3008-0-30655100-1335152680.jpgblogentry-3008-0-81200200-1335154250.jpgblogentry-3008-0-13674800-1335152770.jpg]blogentry-3008-0-05672800-1335153046.jpg[

I walked further down and found two huge slabbs that had fallen from the very top of the strata. I was able to examine them and was surprized how the thin layers were and that they did'nt shatter in the fall, With very little effort I was able to pull away the wafers, exposing the fossil hash full of brachiopods, bryozoa and such.blogentry-3008-0-94381000-1335152871.jpgblogentry-3008-0-92339600-1335153090.jpg I'll have to take better pics of some my finds. I used my phone and a magnifying glass this time.

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